Ton Van Bergeyk is one of those artists who will forever toil in obscurity, known only amongst his fellow musicians as a true master—if he is recognized at all. Sadly, there isn't much demand for his ...

Guitar skills: "The right hand is one of the first things you need to focus on when switching over to fingerstyle," says acoustic virtuoso Andy McKee. "It can be a bit of a challenge at first. What I ...

Tommy Emmanuel is routinely in the discussion for best acoustic guitar player on the planet. He's been honing his craft for decades, from his early career in his native Australia, playing in The ...

If you’ve already seen my first video on applying guitar-style fingerpicking to the piano, this is your next step forward. In this lesson, we go deeper into the technique and explore how to use it ...

Chris Brain is a folk singer from Leeds, whose latest album, New Light, and engaging live shows have been causing ripples throughout folk circles and beyond. Chris’s songs have a pastoral warmth to ...

Phil Keaggy is best known for his intricate finger picking and percussive style of acoustic guitar playing. He’s also been known to devote an entire album to instrumental music from time to time. On ...

Paul McCartney's inspired playing on the Beatles' Blackbird has become a bit of a rite of passage for fingerpicking guitar players. But therein lies a problem – a lot of us are learning it wrong.